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Tag: Magical Practice
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Evaluating Magical Elections: Aspects of the Moon – Part II
In this post for Inner Sanctum members, we take a deep dive into how to evaluate aspects of the Moon, doing a close exegesis of passages from the Picatrix to guide our thinking. In Part II, we draw out the distinctions between the general aspect doctrine and the Picatrix model of Moon aspects, and then…
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Evaluating Magical Elections: Aspects of the Moon – Part I
In this post for Inner Sanctum members, we take a deep dive into how to evaluate aspects of the Moon, doing a close exegesis of passages from the Picatrix to guide our thinking. In Part I, we examine the Picatrix’s divergent model for determining the valence of Moon aspects, and delve into some of the…
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Evaluating Magical Elections: Series Introduction
In this post for Inner Sanctum members, we take a deep dive into how to evaluate aspects of the Moon, doing a close exegesis of passages from the Picatrix to guide our thinking. In Part I, we examine the Picatrix’s divergent model for determining the valence of Moon aspects, and delve into some of the…
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Practical Talismanic Magic – An Initiation Into Esoteric Knowledge – Part II
In this more personal post for the Inner Sanctum written in the first person, Rain describes their experience living through, diagnosing, and (in Part II) eventually resolving an issue caused by mishandling of a 24th Lunar Mansion talisman for Esoteric Knowledge. As with a previous post on Diagnosing and Solving a Personal Snag with a…
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Practical Talismanic Magic – An Initiation Into Esoteric Knowledge – Part I
In this more personal post for the Inner Sanctum written in the first person, Rain describes their experience living through, diagnosing, and (in Part II) eventually resolving an issue caused by mishandling of a 24th Lunar Mansion talisman for Esoteric Knowledge. As with a previous post on Diagnosing and Solving a Personal Snag with a…
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Prayers to the Sun/Helios in the Greek Magical Papyri
Although little of the PGM material is explicitly astrological, the magico-religious syncretism of the texts leads to many mentions of Hellenistic deities. In particular, a significant amount of material on Helios including a number of hymns not so unlike the Orphic Hymn to Helios can be adapted to contemporary practices of stellar devotion. In this…
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Toward a Trauma-Informed Astrological Magic
(Note: This post has been translated into French by our colleague Azur! You can read it here: Vers une magie astrologique qui prend en compte les traumas, par Idola Stellarum) Astrological talismans are deep and consequential magic. Thus astrological talismans are not inherently safe. At Idola Stellarum, we consider it of vital importance to inform and…
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Protected: Attuning to Astrological Talismans Part III – Timing Considerations
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Protected: Attuning to Astrological Talismans Part IV – Fleshing Out Your Ritual
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Prayer in Astrological Magic: Part VI – An Example Prayer from an Idola Stellarum Working
In Part I of this post series, we established the historical evidence for prayer playing an important role in astrological magic. In Part II, we deepened this point by using traditional sources to show that the theurgical, devotional aspects of astromagical ritual play a central operational function, and thus that prayer and invocation may play…